Wikipedia:Notability (populated places) (failed) 3

On Wikipedia, a populated place is defined as any city, town, village, neighborhood, or other settlement that is currently populated or at one time was populated by one or more people, regardless of its physical size and population. It may refer to an official legally-defined jurisdiction or an informally titled region. It may include those intended for permanent or temporary settlement, residential or commercial use.

General notability guideline

While a populated place is generally eligible for an article if it meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline, some places may be considered notable, even in the absence of secondary sources.

Legally-defined jurisdictions

A legally-defined jurisdiction is notable and is entitled to an article. This may include a place with a government of its own, or one that is recognized by the government of an area in which it is contained for official purposes.

Areas defined by a postal code are notable, as these have official boundaries.

Informally titled areas

An informally titled area is an area of any size that has been given a name without any official legal definition. This may include neighborhoods within a city, commercially-owned developments, or areas simply known by a particular name by their residents.

Many sections of an urban area have been given some name historically by their residents, or a name has been given by a developer who has built the community. Often, these areas do not have official boundaries. When this is the case, it is necessary to provide multiple reliable sources on the location.

Rudimentary information

The rudimentary information of a populated place is that which is generally included in an infobox. It includes:

• The larger jurisdictions in which the place is located
• The physical size in land area of the place (in square miles or kilometers)
• The population of the place
• Postal code
• A single image

If an article consists of nothing but a single sentence stating ____ is a city/town/village in _____ and an infobox, and there are several such articles for places in the next larger jurisdiction, it is preferable for there to be a chart listing all these places either in the article on the next larger jurisdiction or on a page titled "List of cities/towns/villages in _______," and for each place within that list to be a targeted redirect to that line of the chart.

If two or more pieces or sourced information can be provided in addition to the rudimentary information, the title can then be converted from a redirect to a separate page.